Crime & Safety
Two Suspects Arrested for Murder of Ted Ginn Jr's Nephew
Dontez Long, 22 and Alonzo Patterson, 19 have been arrested for the shooting death of Diamond Russell, Ted Ginn's nephew.
Dontez Long, 22 and Alonzo Patterson, 19 are in police custody for a shooting at an East Cleveland gas station that killed Diamond Russell, 19 who is Glenville High School football coach Tedd Ginn Sr's nephew reports Cleveland.com.
Long and Patterson were arrested by Cleveland Police near East 90th Street and Hough Avenue.East Cleveland Police found Russell unresponsive at a gas station near Euclid and Superior around 11:45pm after responding to reports of shots fired. He was pronounced dead at University Hospital.
Cleveland.com reports that Russell was going to graduate from The Ginn Academy and further pursue his football career at Garden City Community College in Garden City, Kansas.
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Diamond Russell was shot running to car parked at pump 10 and was with his girlfriend says witnesses at gas station pic.twitter.com/NFM1fGvUp9
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